Cycle Oregon Fund

Past Grant Recipients

Examples of some of the grants awarded from The Cycle Oregon Fund include the following:

Sample of Past Grants

• $50,000 to Halfway to help them purchase their fairgrounds property;
• $1,200 to Independence for a Bike Safety Fair and bike helmets;
• $3,000 to Rooster Rock State Park ;
• $5,000 to Champoeg State Park;
• $5,000 to the Oregon State Police;
• $2,350 to the Rural Development Initiatives for scholarships to their annual conference;

• $10,000 to Baker City School District for renovation of their track;
• $10,000 to Sustainable Northwest for projects in Wallowa County ;
• $2,500 to Mitchell for a sound system and stage for their community center;
• $1,000 to Union County Museum for a photography project;
• $2,500 to Halfway for a library beautification project;
• $3,500 to Josephine County Parks for upgrades at Lake Selmac and Wolf Creek Park;
• $5,000 to Oregon State Parks for projects at Joseph Stewart State Park;
• $5,000 to the Community Cycling Center for their holiday bike drive;
• $15,000 to the Community Cycling Center to support their youth bicycle programs;
• $20,000 to the Bicycle Transportation Alliance to support their bicycle advocacy work in Oregon;
• $30,000 (in partnership with The Nike Foundation) to the County of Grant to build an 8-lane running track in John Day that is used by every high school in Grant County;
• $15,000 to the City of Haines for bicycle paths in the community;
• $10,000 to the Central Oregon Partnership for developing bicycle trails in and around the community of Sisters;
• $5,000 to the Friends of Kam Wah Chung Museum to help preserve this wonderful museum in the heart of John Day;
• $5,000 to the City of Burns for a downtown beautification project;
• $28,000 (in partnership with The Nike Foundation) to the City of Dufur for lights for the community's athletic field;
• $10,000 to the City of Wallowa to help purchase a 160-acre site for the development of a Nez Perce Interpretive Center;
• $10,000 to the Oregon State Parks for preservation of the Pete French Round Barn;
• $10,000 to Smith Rock State Park to help preserve the surrounding area;

Cycle Oregon also provides approximately $120,000 annually to the communities that host us in September. These people assist greatly in planning our event and provide hundreds of volunteers whose passion and dedication make our tour a success.